After arriving in Limpopo Province, we spent only one day at Riverside Vervet monkey sanctuary before we headed off to Kruger very early in the morning. We travelled with Bob (proprietor of Riverside), Pam/Vicky (our Brummy project leader), Charlie (Charlene Ruth), Sue & Carla (the other volunteers).
During our 1st day of driving around the park we saw elephants, zebras, buffaloes, impalas(100s of them), baboons, squirrels, vervet monkeys, hares, warthogs, hippos, giraffes, wildebeast, duikers, steenboks, sable antelopes, bush bucks, water bucks & various birds - vultures, eagles, secretary birds, ostriches & more.
At the end of the day we went on a guided 3 hour night drive which was definitely the highlight of our Kruger experience. It was truly amazing. We saw a scorpion on the road & hippos lumbering across dry land to graze. We got within a few metres of a pride of lions - 3 males, 5 females & 7 cubs were resting together, just by the roadside, after a kill. To be so close to them was breathtaking, exhilarating & scary all at the same time. It was a half-hour that we'll never forget.
After a night camped out in tents (yes! Howard actually slept in a tent!) we made another early start, soon after dawn, to spend a second day of driving around. In addition to spotting more of the wildlife that we had seen the day before, we also saw kudus, a black mamba, crocodiles, terrapins, lizards & tortoises. Sadly, we didn't see any leopards or rhinos - but we don't feel too deprived.
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